Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palins forthcoming autobiography has been at the top of the Amazon book charts for weeks, and it hasnt even been released yet. At least in the eyes of the political Left, she is now perhaps Americas most visible national Republican.

But new Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveying finds Palin losing handily in face-to-face march-ups with her two likeliest challengers for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

When her opponent is ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Palin loses by 15  52% to 37%.

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When given a list of five candidates and asked who they would vote for in 2012, 29% of Republican voters nationwide say Huckabee, while 24% prefer Romney and 18% Palin.

In July, it was close to a three-way tie: 25% said Romney, 24% Palin and 22% Huckabee.

Its noteworthy that Huckabees gains since July are matched almost precisely by Palins decline. That suggests a large pool of voters are committed to choosing between two candidates routinely dismissed as unacceptable in the eyes of Republicans in Washington, DC. At the moment, 47% prefer either Huckabee or Palin while 42% prefer a candidate more acceptable to Republican political leaders. That divide is also reflected, with similar results, in a Huckabee-Romney head to head match-up.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of primary voters also say Palin is the GOP candidate they would least like to see win the partys presidential nomination. Just nine percent (9%) say the same of Romney, and eight percent (8%) feel that way about Huckabee.

Support for Huckabee and Romney against Palin is nearly the same among both men and women. Suggesting that Romneys Mormon faith may still be a problem among some Christian conservatives, Palin leads him by 14 points  52% to 38% - among GOP primary voters who describe themselves as Evangelical Christians. But Romney beats Palin by 26 points among other Protestants  58% to 32% - and holds similar winning margins among Catholic voters and those of other faiths.

On the other hand, Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, beats Palin by 17 points among Evangelical Christians and 29 points among other Protestants. A similar spread is evident among Republican voters of other faiths, but Huckabee has just an eight-point edge over Palin among Catholic voters.

Earlier polling showed that Palin trails Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up.

In early July, 40% of Republican voters nationwide said Palins decision to resign as governor of Alaska hurt her chances of winning the partys presidential nomination in 2012.

Support for Huckabee and Romney against Palin is nearly the same among both men and women. Suggesting that Romneys Mormon faith may still be a problem among some Christian conservatives, Palin leads him by 14 points  52% to 38% - among GOP primary voters who describe themselves as Evangelical Christians.

What crap. What is suggest is Evangelical Christians vote for someone who shares their values.

“40% of Republican” voters nationwide said Palins decision to resign as governor of Alaska hurt her chances of winning the partys presidential nomination in 2012. ...................................Had to be RINOs!! Most if not all my Republican friends love her. I don’t buy into this at all. Huckleberry or Romney = no change, just the same ole same ole BS in DC.

Since you hold Palin responsible for her daughter's pregnancy, I'm sure you also hold Huckabee responsible for his son torturing and hanging a dog at summer camp. Is that what you consider stellar Christianity?

This poll is irrelevant. It is highly suspected that McRomney and McHuckleberry are going to be candidates in 2012. It appears they are running. Palin on the other hand is currently NOT running. We don't even know IF she will run. That is why she polls lower than the MC’s. I say she polls well for someone who “isn't even running” (yet?). No one knows her plans. Time will tell.

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posted on 10/19/2009 8:00:32 AM PDT
by faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)

If the Republicans insist on running these old, white men again, they are doomed. We need new fresh blood. The electorate said that we didn’t want them last time. All they are is a little bit older, but not much wiser.

Huckabee is a dirty, filthy politician whose underhanded tactics in the 2008 West Virginia caucus erased all hope of Romney winning and gave us the hapless John McCain. Not that I was a fan of Romney (I'm still not), but he would have given us a fighting chance. The great Christian Huckabee played dirty and screwed us all.

Romney & Huckabee would love for everyone to feel that way,but I for one ain't bitin'. It's Sarah or nothing for me,and I strongly suspect i'm not the only one. I'm sick and tired of seeing the conservative base being pushed and swayed and cajoled into just voting for "the lesser of",just because so-and-so says so. Fish or cut bait,dammit.....that's how I feel.Sarah can win-and WILL win-if true conservatives hang tough and hang together.There has to be-HAS to be-a strong,unified group standing behind one candidate-one who has proven herself and put herself out there for everyone to see,who speaks the truth and espouses the very values that are the core of the conservative movement. She's got guts,she's concise in spelling out her plans and there's no double-talk with her. We wanted another Ronnie and we have one in her.Enough of this Romney-this and Huckabee-that. Put them up against her and they wither!!!!

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posted on 10/19/2009 8:05:39 AM PDT
by gimme1ibertee
(And the people cry "Sarah!Sarah!" And she hears....yes,she hears......)

-"Top Aides Leave McCain Camp" -"Senator Retools Campaign Team as Money and Support Fall Off" -"In Iowa and New Hampshire, McCain has been overtaken in the polls by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney."

Since you hold Palin responsible for her daughter's pregnancy, I'm sure you also hold Huckabee responsible for his son torturing and hanging a dog at summer camp. Is that what you consider stellar Christianity?

The Huckster was espousing just the other day on his tv show about Obama’s poll ratings and how they didn’t mean a thing when it comes to the actual election. He cited the fact that the election wasn’t today and when it would be held there would be tons of money used to sway and shore up the voters.

That same analogy use by the Huckster can be used in this worthless poll citing the Huckster/Rommey as the winners today. The election isn’t today and the money hasn’t been used to sway/shore up the vote.

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